Land Mines


SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea is investigating whether dozens of mines that washed up on South Korean shores and killed one man were deliberately floated by North Korea, officials said Wednesday.

LAMPANG, Thailand - Veterinarians were treating the latest land mine victim from the Thai-Myanmar border Thursday, a 22-year-old female elephant whose foot was severely wounded by the explosion.

GAUHATI, India - Separatist rebels triggered a land mine Friday that killed at least five paramilitary soldiers and wounded 41 others in India's remote northeastern state of Assam, where a deadly separatist insurgency has long raged.

GAUHATI, India - Police say separatist rebels triggered a land mine explosion that killed at least four paramilitary soldiers and wounded 25 others in India's remote northeastern state of Assam.

GENEVA - A group that works to eliminate anti-personnel mines worldwide says Nicaragua has become the last country in Central America to clear its territory of the banned weapon.
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